If there was ever a time for writing to heal, it’s now. The devastating loss of Vice President Kamala Harris to a felon, misogynist, and compulsive liar is crushing, disturbing, and shameful. Black women are the most educated demographic in America, although they are feared, maligned, mocked, and excluded from a seat at America’s table. […]
You may not know it, but I was a hip-hop journalist. I interviewed some of the greatest hip-hop artists of all times, including Public Enemy’s Chuck D; wrote ad campaigns for LL Cool J, Run DMC and EPMD. I even modeled for a Japanese fashion magazine with rapper, Q-Tip. (50% of you know what I […]
Underwhelmed was a word that I was unfamiliar with, until the fated day that someone said to my face, “I’m totally underwhelmed by you.” This someone happened to be my ex-mother-in-law. LOL! Needless to say, this was the lowest of low blows – so low that even I didn’t know how to react. I immediately […]
I woke up this morning with Instagram notifications that I didn’t even know how to access. I had to text my friend who texted me about the Instagram images she’d sent. Once she reminded me how to access the messages, I did what we do…went right to it. She was sending me a picture of […]
I have a problem; a very good problem. I am honored to have been invited by the director of the Sorensen Center for International Peace and Justice in New York to facilitate a creative writing workshop with a group of law students who are in search of their authentic writers’ voices. As part of their […]
Green’s willingness to be transparent is a model… such uncompromised honesty can be the foundation for essential conversations that can repair much of what has fallen apart.
L. Renfro,
Author, Routine Interrupted (Substack)